This slow cooker marinated pork tenderloin with mushrooms recipe is so easy and delicious! I love using a slow cooker as it works like magic making this tenderloin so moist!
Oo-la-la! I love pork tenderloin with mushrooms! Especially this easy slow cooker recipe. Wait until you see how easy it is!
Memory
I liked pork growing up. Liked, not loved. One of the reasons why I didn’t love it was I remember one time when my mom made baked pork chops covered with shake and bake. Remember that product? I actually used to love it but that was long ago and I haven’t had it in years.
Now, I make my own coating. Why buy it when you can make it?
🙂
Not that this recipe has a coating for the pork, but this is my pork memory, so bear with me.
Well, this particular meal, I was just finished eating my pork chop. I picked up the nearly clean bone with my hand and noticed some meat on the bottom of the bone. Naturally, I gobbled it up.
Only it was not meat.
It was a chunk of fat.
Glurg.
🙁
I had to spit it out. It grossed me out so much that it caused me to dislike pork for years. Isn’t that weird how that happens? That chunk of fat put me off pork chops.
Is there a food item that some experience you had caused you to instantly dislike, even though you had liked it for years?
I think I was in my 20s before I started to enjoy eating pork again.
How to make the Pork Tenderloin with Mushrooms
The pork tenderloin is front and center. It grosses me out a little. Raw meat almost always makes me feel that way. What about you?
The rest of the ingredients are soy sauce, maple syrup, garlic paste, dried basil and dried parsley.
I grab a gallon ziplock bag and place the tenderloin inside of it. Also, I measure out 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1 teaspoon basil, 1 teaspoon parsley and 2 teaspoons garlic paste (equivalent to 2 cloves) and place them all in the bag with the pork tenderloin.
I massage the bag to make sure the tenderloin is covered.
Christopher: Lucky bag, you give good massages.
Me: Aww, shucks. Well, I was a massage therapist!
Christopher: Oh, I know! 🙂
Bag ‘o Pork
I place the pork tenderloin in the refrigerator for an hour.
I place my slow cooker on the counter and empty the contents of the bag into it. On the spur of the moment, I decide to also add a 10 ounce package of sliced mushrooms. That’s what made me call this recipe – pork tenderloin with mushrooms! I’m brilliant that way.
That’s the fun of cooking. You can improvise.
I set the slow cooker on low and set the timer for 3.5 hours.
DING
It’s done. I put the tenderloin on a large plate and spoon the mushrooms and marinade on top. I also make a salad and plate some pasta and cooked broccoli.
Peek a Boo, I see you, Pork tenderloin with mushrooms
I cut some slices and add the pork tenderloin with mushrooms and gravy to the plate.
Let’s look at it from a closer vantage point.
Doesn’t that look good?
Well, it is!
I hope you enjoyed this pork tenderloin with mushroom recipe!
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This marinated pork tenderloin is so easy to make and delicious to eat. The slow cooker makes it turn out moist every time!
- 1 pound pork tenderloin (or larger)
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons garlic paste (equivalent to 2 cloves garlic, crushed)
- 1 teaspoon basil dried
- 1 teaspoon parsley dried
- 10 ounces sliced portobello mushrooms
- Place tenderloin and all the other ingredients except the mushrooms in the gallon bag
- Massage the bag, making sure the pork is covered with the marinade
- Refrigerate for an hour or overnight, whichever is easier for you
- Get slow cooker and empty bag into it
- Add package of mushrooms
Set slow cooker on low and set timer for 3.5 hours
- Plate pork tenderloin and spoon mushrooms and marinade on top
- Slice pork tenderloin in inch slices
- Plate pork with some pasta and veggie
- Eat
- Smile
- Sigh
- Enjoy
If you marinate the pork overnight, I didn't count it in the time.
I love pork. Whether it’s chops or tenderloin. It’s such a versatile meat. This looks absolutely amazing.
P.S. I LOVED shake n bake pork chops too. My mom used to make them all the top but she used the chicken flavour on the pork. Every few years I’ll make them just for fun and nostalgia.
I should probably do that too Kim. I wonder if I will still like shake and bake!
I love slow cooker recipes. They just seem to make the food more flavorful. This looks amazing and I’m sure is so full of flavor!
Thank you Stephanie, it is!
I am obsessed with my slow cooker at the moment, as it has been too hot to have the oven on. This is going to be the best thing I make in it – it looks so comforting.
It is Danni! We love it here in our household!
I love that my slow cooker can make dinner! And it will be so good!
It will Kristina! Thank you!
Soy, maple and pork–HOME RUN! Can’t wait to try!
Thanks Kristen!! It is super yummy!
I was a picky kid so there were *lots* of foods that I suddenly disliked… halfway through a banana once I decided, “NOPE” and didn’t touch them again until my late twenties. Just as fast as I’d swore I’d never touch them again, they ended up back on my grocery list. Funny how that goes.
Anyhow – glad pork came back into your favor because this tenderloin looks delicious. Good call on adding in the mushrooms!
Thank you Megan!! That’s funny about the banana!
I can’t say I’ve had an experience like that but it took me a really long time to like pork! I think it’s because my family didn’t eat it but my friends did so it wasn’t until I was in my late twenties I started having it more often. This looks yummy, I love a slow cooker recipe!
Thanks Gabby! I didn’t always like pork either – well, at least this type. I’ve always loved ham.
wow what a tender looking medalion I just love pork and these looks super tender!
Thanks so much Claudia! It really is delicious and tender!
My issue with pork is always that is dry, but I bet the marinade and the slow cooker keeps this tenderloin moist. Slow cookers are the way to go for busy days.
Definitely Vicky. Thank you for your comment!
Elaine, I really enjoyed reading your entire post. Yes, I do feel the same way, when I see raw meat and that’s why it only my husband who goes to buy meat and not me. Your pork Tenderloin with mushrooms looks amazing
Thanks Swati! I appreciate it!
I’m cracking up at your story about eating the piece of fat. Ugh! That’s happened to me before, and it is enough to turn me off of meat for quite a while. The good news is, this tenderloin looks lean and flavorful and perfect. I can’t wait to try it!
Thank you Allison! I hope you enjoy it when you do!
This really makes me wish I had a slow cooker, but I’ve gotten pretty good at adapting slow cooker recipes to my dutch oven and this looks like a good candidate! YUM. (Raw meat grosses me out too, especially slimy chicken! I try to handle it as little as possible ;))
Me too Ann (slimy chicken). I do it as fast as possible and wash my hands incessantly! 🙂 Thank you for your comment!
Doesn’t seem like that would be enough liquid. Only a total of a 1/2 cup of liquid?
Kathy, it is definitely enough liquid. The mushrooms add liquid to it as they cook. I would suggest you follow the recipe and if you’re home, 2.5 hours in, peek through the cover, you’ll see it has enough, though if you find that it doesn’t, just add a little water. But I really don’t think you’ll need it.
Thank you! Going to try this tonight. Looks great!
Thanks Kathy! I hope you enjoy it, and let me know how you fared!